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Originally Posted by Petert
More exciting than all those years not making the playoffs.
This is starting to remind me on how everybody used to bitch about Dave King of ONLY making the 1st round.
The moment we fired that half decent coach, we never made the playoffs until Darryl came along.
And seriously?
Sens as in Ottawa Senators?
Excited at what Melnyk is going to screw up next?
Nobody is paying nothing to watch a "rebuild" team.
Sports is entertainment, until the on ice product is exciting, there is no excitement and there is no revenue.
Johnny Hockey on the 1st line is entertainment, Val Bure on the 1st line is not.
We need a real elite coach before we need anything else at this moment.
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Season Ticket Holder here. I'm there to watch the team develop into a contender. Not languish in futility like it has for 30 years.
I'm way more likely to keep my season tickets if they do go for a rebuild than if they don't. This team has done nothing but battle for 16th for the last decade+, and it does not make for an entertaining on-ice product 9 out of 10 years (...at best)
The excitement of watching Johnny play has faded because it's underscored by the fact that if you know it's an important rivalry or playoff game where intensity gets ratcheted up - he and the team around him fade. So much of what the team is selling is hope and excitement - usually hope, and then excitement. Right now? It doesn't have either to sell.